Moneymen ruin MGM offerings says Canby 1973
Vincent Canby warns MGM has ceased to be a theatrical producer distributor as James Aubrey and Kerkorian leadership reshape the company. The piece traces MGM decline, recent strategy shifts, and plans for selective quality films and the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Vincent Canby
New York Times
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Africa
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Lolly Madonna
Hollywood
James T. Aubrey
Kirk Kerkorian
Las Vegas
Aubrey
MGM
Blake Edward
the Wild Rovers
Sam
Louis B. Mayer
MGM Stock Company
James Robert Parish
Ronald L. Powers
Kerkorian-Aubrey
Paramount
Warner Brothers
20Th Century-Fox
Mgm Grand Hotel
CBS
America
Bachelors on TV face temptations and trends
Entertainment writer Lee Sentell notes how widely popular series hint that bachelors face temptations as married or past lovers reappear. Shows like Hawaii Five O Gunsmoke Ironside McMillan and Wife Tenafly Mannix and McCloud drift toward compromising romance while keeping heroes in risky roles.
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Ironside
Thomas Crown
Broadway Stars Lead All Star Drama Film Series
Producer Ely Landau aims to adapt eight heavyweight plays into a film series with famous casts. The project will screen in Huntsville and Birmingham, then in 500 theaters nationally, with $30 subscriptions and intermissions plus program notes. Actors include Lee Marvin Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier.
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Hollywood Studios
Broadway
Landau
Lee Marvin
Katharine Hepburn
Laurence Olivier
Three Sisters
Canada
Alan Bates
Butley
Paul Rogers
Stacy Keach
Luther
Zero Mostel
H.L. Mencken
Daniel Mann
Kurt Weill
Brock Peters
Melba Moore
Peter Hall
John Frankenheimer
Tony Richardson
American Express
Reader’s Digest
United Artists
Perry Mason: Old And New In TV Review
John J. OConnor compares CBS The New Perry Mason with older Raymond Burr Perry Mason episodes. He finds Monte Markham inadequate as Burr, notes stale plot formulas, and describes typical endings where Mason wins and the culprit is either a distant or obvious suspect as seen in a recent episode involving a young evangelist and a black bartender.
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John J. O O’connor
New York Times News Service
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Perry Mason
Monte Markham
Raymond Burr
Markham
Erle Stanley Gardner
Chief Ironside
Mason
P.R
Network shows dodge married villains as targets
The dialogue suggests networks avoid portraying married men as main targets for antagonists, citing the protective role of a loving wife at home and the concern about audience acceptance of such portrayal. The comment frames marriage as a potential complicating factor for the story's conflict.
Top ten best selling records this week across the nation
The Cash Box national survey lists ten top records including Grand Funk with Were an American Band Paul Simon Delta Dawn Helen Reddy Say Has Anybody Seen my Sweet Gypsy Rose Dawn Half Breed Cher Lets Get It On Marvin Gaye Gypsy Man War Higher Ground Stevie Wonder Saturdays Not for Fighting Elton John Ramblin Man by Allman Brothers Band.
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Delta Dawn
Helen Reddy
Dawn
Half-Breed
Cher
Marvin Gaye
War
Stevie Wonder
Elton John
Ramblin’ Man
Allman Brothers
Breakfast of Champions to How To Be Your Own Best Friend list
A compact catalog of notable books and authors including Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut, The Hollow Hills by Stewart, Harvest Home by Tryon, Once Is Not Enough by Susann, The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Erdman Diet, Dr Atkins Revolution by Atkins, Sybil by Schreiber, The Joy of Sex by Comfort, The Making of the President 1972 by White, and How To Be Your Own Best Friend by Newman.
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Breakfast of Champions
Dr. Atkins
Atkins
Sybil
Schreiber
White
Newman
Decatur Civic Theater previews Threepenny Opera season opener
Rehearsals begin Monday at Riverside Auditorium for Threepenny Opera directed by Dwight Bass with an eight piece orchestra. The production opens Nov 29 and 30 and Dec 1, while season and patron memberships are offered with perks and program listings. A prominent local figure will have a glamour spot in the show as auditions drew unprecedented interest.
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Threepenny Opera
Decatur Civic Theater
Dwight Bass
Riverside Auditorium
Bertha Timberlake
Civic Theater Board of Governors
Bass
Decatur
London
Civic Theater
Harvey
Broadway
Hollywood
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James Cagney
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Don Ameches
Fox
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Jessie Ralph
John Hodiak
Reginald Owen
Myrna Loy
Judy Garland
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Lee Sentell
Steve McGarrett
Matt Dillon
Howdy
Kitty
Princess
Mickey
Princess & Bowline
TR Ean
WTC
Hooky
By Paul Gardner
George Jean Nathan
Ely Landau
Trans-Lux Blue Theater
Huntsville
Village East
Birmingham
Eugene O’neill
Cash Box
Grand Funk
Paul Simon
Erdman
THE
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Cal-Tech
S.G.A
Hannefords
Arunea
Hanneford
Ring Circus
Aristocrat
Toronto
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Cincinnati
Hanngford Circus
Toronto Globe & Mail
Wonderland
Alice
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